{"id":49690,"date":"2026-11-13T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/?p=49690"},"modified":"2026-11-13T15:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T07:01:22","slug":"eyewitness-report-from-paris-french-workers-and-youth-show-the-way-on-17-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyewitness Report From Paris: French Workers and Youth Show the Way on 17 October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/internationalsocialist.net\/2026\/10\/18\/\"><u>October 18, 2026<\/u><\/a><u>\u00a0<\/u>Elin Gauffin, ISA International Political Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ISA was in Paris, participating in the historic day of demonstrations across France on 17 October. The atmosphere was joyful, open, and focused on the struggle. Everyone we spoke with was aware that the struggle must continue.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration was so large that it was impossible to get a sense of its size\u2014there were tens of thousands, perhaps 100,000. The movement has now evolved from a high school student movement supported by college students and teachers \u2013 it now also represents a revival of the \u201cYellow Vests\u201d and a united struggle that also addresses the cost-of-living crisis, high gas prices, rent, and electricity bills, among other issues.\u00a0<em>France 24<\/em>described it as a \u201ccrossroads of anger\u201d. Given the widespread police violence and the threat from the far right, democratic rights have also become a key issue in this struggle.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday evening, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez acknowledged that there were 110 different demonstrations with 550,000 participants, while the Student union reported 1,750 actions and 800,000 participants.<\/p>\n<p>To begin with, it was difficult to get to the demonstration. The police had set up roadblocks, sprayed tear gas, and searched everyone\u2019s bags. Among other things, they confiscated eye drops used to protect against tear gas. Many people we spoke with reported that, over the course of the autumn, they had been attacked with tear gas without the demonstrators having done anything. Even while protestors made their way home late that evening on the subway, tear gas was suddenly released.<\/p>\n<p>On 17 October, a horrific incident from earlier in the protest movement was also repeated: a young person had their hand blown off by a police grenade (even though police announced the\u00a0 suspension of such weapons after a similar incident on 7 October). A protester in Paris died. The police claim it was due to cardiac arrest and had nothing to do with their actions. In total, police arrested 1,800 demonstrators on 17 October.<\/p>\n<p>There was seemingly a significant anarchist presence at the demonstration. Masked demonstrators (some of whom may have been agent provocateurs) piled up electric scooters and trash cans and set them on fire. Cars and kiosks were burned down. This was not something encouraged by the vast majority, who instead applauded the fire trucks that arrived to put out the fires. Everyone we spoke with after the demonstration spontaneously said they were so glad that things had gone so peacefully that day. Here are some of the voices from the demonstration.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49684\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-18-at-13.11.28-1-e1792325668936-1024x969-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-18-at-13.11.28-1-e1792325668936-1024x969-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-18-at-13.11.28-1-e1792325668936-1024x969-1-300x284.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-18-at-13.11.28-1-e1792325668936-1024x969-1-768x727.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-18-at-13.11.28-1-e1792325668936-1024x969-1-444x420.jpeg 444w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-18-at-13.11.28-1-e1792325668936-1024x969-1-696x659.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-18-at-13.11.28-1-e1792325668936-1024x969-1-600x568.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What France\u2019s Protestors Have To Say<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49672 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Sofiapng-768x1024-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Sofiapng-768x1024-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Sofiapng-768x1024-1-315x420.png 315w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Sofiapng-768x1024-1-696x928.png 696w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Sofiapng-768x1024-1-600x800.png 600w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Sofiapng-768x1024-1.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cMy name is\u00a0Sofia, and I\u2019ll be turning 17 soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Why are the students demonstrating?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cConditions at my high school are good, but I\u2019m demonstrating in solidarity with all the schools that are struggling. It\u2019s a nationwide movement. When I was in elementary school, conditions were poor. The walls of the school building were unpainted, and for an entire year we didn\u2019t have a math teacher. We\u2019re not just fighting for ourselves; we\u2019re fighting for the whole country and for every student\u2019s right to a good school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49675 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Rowan.Emma-png-scaled-e1792324954516-768x444-1-300x173.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Rowan.Emma-png-scaled-e1792324954516-768x444-1-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Rowan.Emma-png-scaled-e1792324954516-768x444-1-726x420.png 726w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Rowan.Emma-png-scaled-e1792324954516-768x444-1-696x402.png 696w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Rowan.Emma-png-scaled-e1792324954516-768x444-1-600x347.png 600w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Rowan.Emma-png-scaled-e1792324954516-768x444-1.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nRowan\u00a0and\u00a0Emma\u00a0add that they\u2019re not only fighting for all of France but also for the territories under French colonial rule, such as the French Caribbean. Emma herself is from Guadeloupe. There, the schools are in much worse condition than in France. The same goes for healthcare \u2013 you might have to wait five months to see a doctor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49678 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Aliceleft.Louiseright-768x576-1-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Aliceleft.Louiseright-768x576-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Aliceleft.Louiseright-768x576-1-560x420.png 560w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Aliceleft.Louiseright-768x576-1-80x60.png 80w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Aliceleft.Louiseright-768x576-1-696x522.png 696w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Aliceleft.Louiseright-768x576-1-265x198.png 265w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Aliceleft.Louiseright-768x576-1-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/Aliceleft.Louiseright-768x576-1.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nSisters\u00a0Alice\u00a0(left) and\u00a0Louise\u00a0(right) have demonstrated earlier in the movement, at their schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m in college\u201d, says Louise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve blockaded our university. The worst part is the police violence. The police even went into our school building and beat people. They ripped the hijab off one of the students. They locked us in the main hall, and then they dragged us out and threw us\u00a0out one by one. I\u2019m protesting to support high school students, against the cost of living in France in general, and against police violence. The government is drifting further and further away from democracy. France is ruled by the police. Students and workers aren\u2019t being listened to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alice talks about the struggle at her high school:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are about 150 of us students on strike and blocking the school, out of 1,600 students. Some of us were arrested by the police without having done anything. We have classes without teachers, holes in the ceilings, and windows without glass. There\u2019s no air conditioning. We live in a town outside Paris, but it\u2019s even worse in poorer cities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>You\u2019re holding up signs with Marx on them\u2014are you Marxists?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t read that much about it. But we feel that Marx would have been proud of our struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49681 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/RomaneleftLearight-768x576-1-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/RomaneleftLearight-768x576-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/RomaneleftLearight-768x576-1-560x420.png 560w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/RomaneleftLearight-768x576-1-80x60.png 80w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/RomaneleftLearight-768x576-1-696x522.png 696w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/RomaneleftLearight-768x576-1-265x198.png 265w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/RomaneleftLearight-768x576-1-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/RomaneleftLearight-768x576-1.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nL\u00e9a\u00a0and\u00a0Romane\u00a0are outraged by the threat from the far right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLe Pen wants to take France out of the EU and withdraw all support for Ukraine. They\u2019re threatening women\u2019s rights. We have the right to abortion under the law, but doctors can refuse to perform the procedure. Women\u2019s shelters aren\u2019t getting enough funding. Of course, refugees\u2019 rights are another area threatened by the far right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>What are you going to do to stop Le Pen?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to convince our grandparents not to vote for them. It\u2019s mainly that generation that supports the far right. In our social circles, of course, no one supports them\u2014France is so divided. But we have some friends who think [Jean-Luc] M\u00e9lenchon is too\u00a0extreme. He stands for democracy\u2014is that extreme?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI played in the orchestra here at Place de la R\u00e9publique\u201d, says Romane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were a large group of demonstrators who brought our instruments\u2014flutes, violins, cellos, and so on. But we had to stop because we were sprayed with tear gas. Without any explanation. Is that democracy?\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What Next?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>That very question will be the subject of much debate in France. The right wing is quick to portray the left as \u201cdangerous,\u201d and Prime Minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu spoke on Saturday evening, blaming the violence on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/internationalsocialist.net\/2026\/10\/france-left-right-showdown-as-elections-loom\/\"><u>La France Insoumise leader Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon<\/u><\/a>. M\u00e9lenchon and the France Insoumise party participated in the demonstrations and subsequently highlighted the great success of the event and how peaceful it was. The far right received support from Trump\u2019s vice president, JD Vance, who blamed the violence\u00a0on immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders of The Greens called on the interior minister to resign due to the police\u2019s actions, claiming security in Paris and other cities is being handed over to \u201crioters\u201d while peaceful demonstrators are being attacked.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone we spoke with at the demonstration was focused on the fact that the struggle must continue. People understand that the presidential election is important, but that it requires the struggle to continue in the streets, workplaces, and schools.<\/p>\n<p>When we put forward the idea that the strike called by the unions for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/internationalsocialist.net\/2026\/10\/for-a-general-strike-to-bring-down-macrons-government-fight-for-international-socialism\/\"><u>5 November should be a general strike<\/u><\/a>, everyone agreed. There was also a palpable sense of pride when we talked about how French youth and workers are leading the way for the working class throughout Europe, and that we want to work to ensure the struggle spreads to our own countries. The strikes are necessary because capital must be challenged. France\u2019s national debt to banks and large corporations is at a record high, and it is important to fight for a left-wing government that refuses to repay the debt and instead invests in schools and welfare. Long live the workers\u2019 struggle in France, as part of the struggle against the capitalist system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 18, 2026\u00a0Elin Gauffin, ISA International Political Committee ISA was in Paris, participating in the historic day of demonstrations across France on 17 October. The atmosphere was joyful, open, and focused on the struggle. Everyone we spoke with was aware that the struggle must continue. The demonstration was so large that it was impossible to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":49669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[148,124],"tags":[38657,8022,10121,5086],"class_list":["post-49690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","category-news","tag-french-youth","tag-macron","tag-mass-movement","tag-paris"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eyewitness Report From Paris: French Workers and Youth Show the Way on 17 October - China Worker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eyewitness Report From Paris: French Workers and Youth Show the Way on 17 October - China Worker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"October 18, 2026\u00a0Elin Gauffin, ISA International Political Committee ISA was in Paris, participating in the historic day of demonstrations across France on 17 October. The atmosphere was joyful, open, and focused on the struggle. Everyone we spoke with was aware that the struggle must continue. The demonstration was so large that it was impossible to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"China Worker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SocialistAction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-11-13T07:00:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-11-13T07:01:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/isa-in-paris-2048x1185-1-1024x593.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"593\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"-\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"-\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/13\\\/49690\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/13\\\/49690\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"-\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d04f65d784347c9071efdf48f7338c4f\"},\"headline\":\"Eyewitness Report From Paris: French Workers and Youth Show the Way on 17 October\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-11-13T07:00:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-11-13T07:01:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/13\\\/49690\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1276,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/13\\\/49690\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media1.chinaworker.info\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/isa-in-paris-2048x1185-1.png\",\"keywords\":[\"French youth\",\"Macron\",\"mass movement\",\"Paris\"],\"articleSection\":[\"International\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/13\\\/49690\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/13\\\/49690\\\/\",\"name\":\"Eyewitness Report From Paris: French Workers and Youth Show the Way on 17 October - China Worker\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/13\\\/49690\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/13\\\/49690\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media1.chinaworker.info\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/isa-in-paris-2048x1185-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-11-13T07:00:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-11-13T07:01:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/13\\\/49690\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/13\\\/49690\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/13\\\/49690\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media1.chinaworker.info\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/isa-in-paris-2048x1185-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media1.chinaworker.info\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/isa-in-paris-2048x1185-1.png\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1185},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/13\\\/49690\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u9996\u9801\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Eyewitness Report From Paris: French Workers and Youth Show the Way on 17 October\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u793e\u6703\u4e3b\u7fa9\u884c\u52d5\",\"description\":\"Solidarity, Struggle, Socialism\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Chinaworker.info\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media1.chinaworker.info\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/logo-sa.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media1.chinaworker.info\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/logo-sa.png\",\"width\":120,\"height\":126,\"caption\":\"Chinaworker.info\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/SocialistAction\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/socialistactionhk\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d04f65d784347c9071efdf48f7338c4f\",\"name\":\"-\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35c1e6925e0d620d80515f466191216adb533dcf3fa7d66aa80493d3356b403a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35c1e6925e0d620d80515f466191216adb533dcf3fa7d66aa80493d3356b403a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35c1e6925e0d620d80515f466191216adb533dcf3fa7d66aa80493d3356b403a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"-\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/author\\\/nathan\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Eyewitness Report From Paris: French Workers and Youth Show the Way on 17 October - China Worker","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Eyewitness Report From Paris: French Workers and Youth Show the Way on 17 October - China Worker","og_description":"October 18, 2026\u00a0Elin Gauffin, ISA International Political Committee ISA was in Paris, participating in the historic day of demonstrations across France on 17 October. The atmosphere was joyful, open, and focused on the struggle. Everyone we spoke with was aware that the struggle must continue. The demonstration was so large that it was impossible to [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/","og_site_name":"China Worker","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SocialistAction","article_published_time":"2026-11-13T07:00:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-11-13T07:01:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":593,"url":"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/isa-in-paris-2048x1185-1-1024x593.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"-","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"-","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/"},"author":{"name":"-","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d04f65d784347c9071efdf48f7338c4f"},"headline":"Eyewitness Report From Paris: French Workers and Youth Show the Way on 17 October","datePublished":"2026-11-13T07:00:17+00:00","dateModified":"2026-11-13T07:01:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/"},"wordCount":1276,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/isa-in-paris-2048x1185-1.png","keywords":["French youth","Macron","mass movement","Paris"],"articleSection":["International","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/","url":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/","name":"Eyewitness Report From Paris: French Workers and Youth Show the Way on 17 October - China Worker","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/isa-in-paris-2048x1185-1.png","datePublished":"2026-11-13T07:00:17+00:00","dateModified":"2026-11-13T07:01:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/isa-in-paris-2048x1185-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2026\/11\/isa-in-paris-2048x1185-1.png","width":2048,"height":1185},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/49690\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u9996\u9801","item":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Eyewitness Report From Paris: French Workers and Youth Show the Way on 17 October"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/","name":"\u793e\u6703\u4e3b\u7fa9\u884c\u52d5","description":"Solidarity, Struggle, Socialism","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#organization","name":"Chinaworker.info","url":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2021\/04\/logo-sa.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2021\/04\/logo-sa.png","width":120,"height":126,"caption":"Chinaworker.info"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SocialistAction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/socialistactionhk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d04f65d784347c9071efdf48f7338c4f","name":"-","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35c1e6925e0d620d80515f466191216adb533dcf3fa7d66aa80493d3356b403a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35c1e6925e0d620d80515f466191216adb533dcf3fa7d66aa80493d3356b403a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35c1e6925e0d620d80515f466191216adb533dcf3fa7d66aa80493d3356b403a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"-"},"url":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/author\/nathan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49690"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49692,"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49690\/revisions\/49692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}